The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-09-10
LAKE CHARLES CACAsEU PARISH LOUISIANA SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10
Mistaken Notion About yellow
Pine.



yellow pine, He assumed that the
variety must be as freely used
in tho Northwestern States as white
pine now is before the manufacturers Of
the South can dispose of their coarse
product, on which the prodtableness
Of their business largely depends, In
taking this view the rear room writer
assumes that the Southern mills now
mainly depend on the sale Of flooring
and interior finishing lumber, for con
in the Northwestern cities.
He oyerlooks the ooastwise trade be-
tween Alabama, Florida, and the Car
oIinas and North Atlantic markets,
and treats the foreign trade Of the
gulf ports as if it were an insignificant
He docs not seem to be
aware that the West Indies, Central
America and Mexico are absorbing an
increasing amount Of lumber shipped
from gulf coast ports that the mills Of
western Louisiana and the Sabine dis
triot of Texas as well as, to consid-
cradle extent, those of Arkansas, are
pouring product into the developing
capacity 10 the Lone Star State that
many Of the Arkansas manufacturers
are marketing the entire cut of their
mills in Kansas, including dimension
common and Gull boards, siding, etc, !
that large part of the product Of the
Arkansas mills is going into Nebraska /
that, in fact, yellow pine has already
largely taken place Of the white variety
in Texas, Indian Territory and Kansas,
and TO some extent in Nebraska, and
that it is making its way rapidly IN
Missouri and Iowa, His vision isdoubt-
less too limited TO have disoerned that
the reason why yellow pine is being
so freely consumed 10 tho States
named is because the short leaf pine
of Arkansas is comparatively light
and easily worked, and well adapted
to ordinary building purposes and that
situated as Arkansas is, contiguous to
the fields Of distribution, freight rates
are sufficiently low TO permit lumber
to be laid down in Kansas, Indian
Territory, Northern Texas and Ne,
braska and leave a margin Of profit for
the manufacturer that the Sabine
and Louisiana mill owners can ship
their long leaf product into Texas for
a like reason, but that distribution of
coarse lumber in the Northwest from
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia is
al present unprofitable because il can-
not pay the required freight rates and
successfully compete with white pine.
When 1t comes to heavy timber for
specific purposes, long leaf pine is laid
down anywhere in this country or
Europe, for, in such Q case, the price
rises 10 a profit-yielding figure. Tim
Der and dimension forms q very impor-
tant part of the demand in this and
other cities Of the North, ,notWithstand-
ing the assumption Of the man with
the limited outlook that flooring and
finishing are practically the only
forms in which II finds its way here.
IL is a mistake to assume that the
yellow pine trade Of the South has
not already attained immense proper
tions. Il Is no longer Q beggar foI
recognition as that IN cypress is, sr
far as It pertains TO the Northern de-
mand. Il is true that Southern pine
has not yet taken position along viii
It's white rival in Illinois, Wisconsin
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indians
and Ohio as an ordinary building wood
nor will IL until freight rates hays
so been reduced from the Gulf State
that the heavy long leaf product q
that section can I'D transported anc
sold at prices that will be successfully
competitive with Northern pine. Thl
last named wood now has the adyap
tage Of nearnesa To the demand, likl
that which pertains 10 yellow pine i
Arkansas with reference TO the Kan
sas trade. When the time comes tba
| the white pine product can no longs
supply The demand for consumption
The yellow variety viii come in as
matter Of course, without any referene
TO prices. ID Is a mistake to s1ppos
that yellow pine viii get INTO mqrke
at length because white pine will sl
rise ii yalne that yellow will undersel
Ii. Until the last white pine tree !
cut, the handlers Of Michigan, Wis
| eonsin and Minnesota lumber will pn
| il on the market at prices that wi
adefy compctiliop,R as the cqlntF,
store advertisers say. White pins
unless for specific purposes, Gan neEe
sell for higher prices than other build
| ing woods and there are po apeeiii
purposes likely TO command high Priee
| for the coarse pine that will tail .
the waning supply afteen "a tWept
years hence. Yellowpine Will at lengt
come 10 the front ID 81 the Northges
| ern States, and the Eastern, as vel
simply becanse there viii be 20 ad
qnate supply Of other woods this sie
the Rocky Mountains, n the mea
time the home demand Of the son
is increasing, and viii, ip the near
tare, absorb large portion of the %
1. ,,ro ancf af that eerttnn